Genesis 10:9

American Standard Version

He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.

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Genesis 10:9 in other translations

He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”.

Genesis 10:9 · World English Bible

Genesis 10:9 in context

  1. 7And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
  2. 8And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
  3. 9He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
  4. 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
  5. 11Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,